Cast
M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
Cast
M. Emmet Walsh
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-03-22
From
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Died
2024-03-19
Also known as Michael Emmet Walsh, Ψ§Ω Ψͺ ΩΨ§ΩΨ΄
Biography
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 β March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).
β
7.9
MOVIE1982
Blade Runner
as Bryant
β
7.8
MOVIE2019
Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
β
6.2
MOVIE2004
Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
β
8.0
MOVIE1999
The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
β
7.4
MOVIE1996
A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
β
6.8
MOVIE1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
β
6.6
MOVIE2007
Big Stan
as Lew Popper
β
7.5
MOVIE1969
Midnight Cowboy
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
β
6.6
MOVIE1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
β
5.3
MOVIE1999
Wild Wild West
as Coleman
β
5.9
MOVIE2005
Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
β
7.0
MOVIE2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
β
6.1
MOVIE1987
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson Sr.
β
5.9
MOVIE2024
Brothers
as Judge Farful
β
7.5
MOVIE1973
Serpico
as Gallagher
β
6.4
MOVIE1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Aide
β
7.4
MOVIE1980
Ordinary People
as Swim Coach
β
5.6
MOVIE2002
Snow Dogs
as George
β
5.9
MOVIE1984
Missing in Action
as Tuck
β
6.5
MOVIE1986
Critters
as Harv
β
7.1
MOVIE1987
Raising Arizona
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
β
5.9
MOVIE1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Bill Wilcox
β
5.2
MOVIE2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
β
5.6
MOVIE1999
Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
β
7.3
MOVIE1985
Blood Simple
as Private Detective
β
6.3
MOVIE1986
Resting Place
as Sarge
β
5.2
MOVIE2022
The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
β
7.1
MOVIE1978
Straight Time
as Earl Frank
β
7.1
MOVIE1980
Brubaker
as C.P. Woodward
β
5.6
MOVIE1977
Airport '77
as Dr. Williams
β
6.9
MOVIE1979
The Jerk
as Madman
β
6.8
MOVIE1977
Slap Shot
as Dickie Dunn
β
7.1
MOVIE2014
Calvary
as The Writer
β
6.3
MOVIE1986
Back to School
as Coach Turnbull
β
6.1
MOVIE2009
Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
β
5.8
MOVIE1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Clark
β
5.6
MOVIE2012
Arthur Newman
as Zazek
β
6.2
MOVIE1976
Nickelodeon
as "Father" Logan
β
6.3
MOVIE1995
Panther
as Dorsett
β
7.4
MOVIE1970
Little Big Man
as Shotgun Guard
β
6.9
MOVIE1976
Mikey and Nicky
as Bus Driver
β
6.0
MOVIE1987
No Man's Land
as Captain Haun
β
7.4
MOVIE1972
What's Up, Doc?
as Arresting Officer
β
6.3
MOVIE1986
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
β
6.0
MOVIE1984
Courage
as Colonel Crouse
β
6.6
MOVIE1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Governor
β
5.9
MOVIE1994
Camp Nowhere
as T.R. Polk
β
5.2
MOVIE1994
Relative Fear
as Earl Ladelle
β
6.7
MOVIE1985
Fletch
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
β
6.9
MOVIE1983
Silkwood
as Walt Yarborough
β
6.0
MOVIE1988
Red Scorpion
as Dewey Ferguson
β
6.1
MOVIE1998
Twilight
as Lester Ivar
β
6.5
MOVIE1990
The Flash
as Henry Allen
β
5.2
MOVIE1994
Cops & Robbersons
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
β
4.3
MOVIE1992
Killer Image
as John Kane
β
6.0
MOVIE1989
The Mighty Quinn
as Fred Miller
β
5.9
MOVIE1992
White Sands
as Bert Gibson
β
6.3
MOVIE1986
Wildcats
as Walt Coes
β
6.9
MOVIE1981
Reds
as Speaker at Liberal Club
β
5.7
MOVIE2023
A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
MOVIE1991
Silverfox
as Charles Blankenship
β
6.7
MOVIE1974
The Gambler
as Las Vegas Gambler
β
6.0
MOVIE1992
Wild Card
as Mose
β
5.7
MOVIE2019
Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
β
6.5
MOVIE1986
Hero in the Family
as General Presser
β
6.9
MOVIE1976
Bound for Glory
as Husband
β
6.3
MOVIE1988
War Party
as Colin Ditweiler
β
5.6
MOVIE1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Wally Cantrell
β
6.5
MOVIE1990
Narrow Margin
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
β
7.0
MOVIE2025
Green and Gold
as Scotty
MOVIE1980
Skag
as Moran
β
6.3
MOVIE1988
Clean and Sober
as Richard Dirks
β
6.0
MOVIE1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
as Don Nichols
β
7.0
MOVIE1975
Crime Club
as Jack Doyle
β
4.5
MOVIE2000
Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
β
5.7
MOVIE1988
Sunset
as Chief Marvin Dibner
β
7.0
MOVIE1971
They Might Be Giants
as 1st Sanitation Man
β
4.9
MOVIE2009
Don McKay
as Samuel
β
5.4
MOVIE1981
Back Roads
as Arthur
β
5.0
MOVIE1987
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
β
4.0
MOVIE2023
Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
β
5.2
MOVIE1994
The Glass Shield
as Det. Jesse Hall
β
5.9
MOVIE1970
The Traveling Executioner
as Warden Brodski
β
5.7
MOVIE1997
Albino Alligator
as Dino
β
4.2
MOVIE1996
Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
β
5.0
MOVIE1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Wendel
β
6.3
MOVIE1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Burns
β
7.0
MOVIE2001
Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
β
7.5
MOVIE2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
β
5.7
MOVIE2018
Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
β
5.7
MOVIE1992
Equinox
as Pete Petosa
β
3.6
MOVIE1998
Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
β
6.1
MOVIE1997
Retroactive
as Sam
β
8.0
MOVIE1979
No Other Love
as DeFranco
β
6.2
MOVIE1982
The Escape Artist
as Fritz
β
5.8
MOVIE1982
Cannery Row
as Mack
β
3.8
MOVIE1998
Men in White
as Stanley
β
5.7
MOVIE1986
The Right of the People
as Sindaco
β
4.8
MOVIE1987
Broken Vows
as Detective Mulligan
β
6.6
MOVIE1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Doorman
β
4.8
MOVIE1996
Criminal Hearts
as Martin
β
5.6
MOVIE1986
The Best of Times
as Charlie
β
4.4
MOVIE1997
The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
β
6.8
MOVIE1995
Dead Badge
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
β
5.2
MOVIE2015
Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
β
5.6
MOVIE1989
Catch Me... If You Can
as Johnny Phatmun
β
3.1
MOVIE1992
The Naked Truth
as Garcia / Gesundheim
β
6.3
MOVIE1971
Cold Turkey
as Art
β
7.7
MOVIE2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
β
8.8
MOVIE1981
Hellinger's Law
as Mr. Graebner
β
5.1
MOVIE1970
End of the Road
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
β
3.5
MOVIE1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Mayor Thornbush
β
5.1
MOVIE1975
At Long Last Love
as Harold
β
7.0
MOVIE1978
A Question of Guilt
as Inspector McCartney
β
7.8
MOVIE2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
β
5.6
MOVIE1993
Wilder Napalm
as Fire Chief
β
4.7
MOVIE2024
Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
β
6.0
MOVIE1996
The Lottery
as Chief Davis
β
6.5
MOVIE2007
Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
β
5.3
MOVIE1969
Stiletto
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
β
5.8
MOVIE1982
Fast-Walking
as Sergeant Sanger
β
6.2
MOVIE2010
Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
β
9.0
MOVIE1983
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Joe Lemke
β
6.3
MOVIE2001
Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
β
3.3
MOVIE2008
Your Name Here
as Kroger
β
6.5
MOVIE1979
The Gift
as Legion Commander
β
5.4
MOVIE1980
Raise the Titanic
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
β
4.6
MOVIE1994
Probable Cause
as Sadler
β
7.9
MOVIE2003
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
β
10.0
MOVIE1979
Dear Detective
as Capt. Gorcey
β
5.8
MOVIE1990
Chattahoochee
as Morris
β
6.1
MOVIE1991
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Mort
β
5.3
MOVIE2005
Greener Mountains
as Muggs
β
5.7
MOVIE1980
City in Fear
as Sheldon Lewis
β
2.9
MOVIE2000
Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
β
4.3
MOVIE2021
The Mimic
as The Director
β
5.4
MOVIE1999
Me and Will
as Dean
MOVIE1984
The Outlaws
as Warden MacDonald
β
6.3
MOVIE1969
Alice's Restaurant
as Group W Sergeant
β
6.9
MOVIE1973
Kid Blue
as Barber
β
4.7
MOVIE1993
Bitter Harvest
as Sheriff Bob
β
4.7
MOVIE1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as Harold Patton
β
5.7
MOVIE1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
as Mr. Peterson
β
5.4
MOVIE1991
Fourth Story
as Harry
β
4.7
MOVIE1984
Scandalous
as Simon Reynolds
β
6.5
MOVIE2010
The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
β
5.5
MOVIE1977
Red Alert
as Sheriff Sweeney
β
6.5
MOVIE1993
The Music of Chance
as Calvin Murks
β
7.5
MOVIE1983
Night Partners
as Joe Kirby
β
5.0
MOVIE1999
Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
β
5.8
MOVIE2019
South of Bix
as Grandpa
β
4.3
MOVIE1989
Thunderground
as Wedge
β
6.5
MOVIE2018
Shifting Gears
as Hank
β
8.0
MOVIE1998
Erasable You
as Ralph Worth
β
6.0
MOVIE2019
Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
MOVIE1990
Love and Lies
as Clyde Wilson
β
4.2
MOVIE2008
Haunted Echoes
as Neil
MOVIE1985
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
as Rocco
β
4.7
MOVIE1978
Superdome
as Whitley
MOVIE2008
A True Character
as Self
β
8.0
MOVIE2003
Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
MOVIE2018
Toto
as Toto
β
6.8
MOVIE1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Morris
β
6.6
MOVIE1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Irvine
β
7.0
MOVIE1994
Madness of Method
as Rudolph Thorndyke
β
10.0
MOVIE1998
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
β
4.8
MOVIE2011
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
β
5.5
MOVIE2012
Love Sick Love
as Ed